If confirmed by the Senate, Department of Economic Development and Commerce (DDEC) Secretary-designate Sebastián Negrón Reichard has set among his top priorities to create the conditions to attract young people to Puerto Rico, boost the business sector and reposition Puerto Rico as a global investment center, but he acknowledged that achieving his aspirations will require - in the first instance - reforming the permit system, as commissioned by Governor Jenniffer González Colón.